I had to see in-laws over the holidays - on Christmas day. What my problem is, is that many members of this family ignore me when I am talking right to them or speaking their name VERY LOUDLY. There are a few members who have a HABIT of IGNORING me. AND it really pushes my buttons. Being ignored is the worst thing in the world to me. I was up at 3 am writing a letter to one of the offenders.

My husband says his family ignores HIM too, so maybe I am being ignored because I am married to him. He doesn't know when exactly they began ignoring him like this so we can't pinpoint the reason.

Neither one of us wants to go to another of his family's functions. But we have to draw names and write a poem, so I'm trying to figure out how to get out of it. The only thing I can think of is to leave the state.